Re:Golang: Don't be afraid of makefiles
by chimeracoder on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:04PM
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> I like Makefiles and Makefiles for Go are especially simple, but they don't play well with "go get", do they?
They don't (`go get` won't execute anything defined in a Makefile), and the approach that the author takes to vendoring is also going to cause problems.
It's possible to have a Makefile that serves as a shim for the standard and recommended Go workflow, but it's not very easy, and it's ultimately an uphill battle. It's also not going to be cross-platform, unlike the Go toolchain.
They don't (`go get` won't execute anything defined in a Makefile), and the approach that the author takes to vendoring is also going to cause problems.
It's possible to have a Makefile that serves as a shim for the standard and recommended Go workflow, but it's not very easy, and it's ultimately an uphill battle. It's also not going to be cross-platform, unlike the Go toolchain.